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Judith ordered a set of purple and brown pins. She received $98$ pins, and $50\%$ of them were purple. How many purple pins did Judith receive? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_$ pins

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Percents of numbers: word problems

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Q. Judith ordered a set of purple and brown pins. She received

98

pins, and

50\%

of them were purple. How many purple pins did Judith receive?

\newline

\_\_\_\_

pins

Convert to decimal: Step $1$ : Convert $50\%$ to a decimal. $\newline$ $50\% = \frac{50}{100} = 0.50$
Calculate purple pins: Step $2$ : Calculate the number of purple pins. $\newline$ Total pins = $98$ $\newline$ Percentage of purple pins = $0.50$ $\newline$ Purple pins = $0.50 \times 98$
Perform multiplication: Step $3$ : Perform the multiplication to find the number of purple pins. $0.50 \times 98 = 49$

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